Elin turned her head upwards to look at Varan, "Varan, do you love me?" Elin asked as she looked into his eyes, her voice was quiet, but her tone wasn't one of 'fear', but one of curiosity. Varan was quiet for a moment before answering, "I don't know." Varan said as removed his head from the wall and looked at Elin.
"What do you mean?" Elin asked, tilted her head ever so slightly, "I have never been in lone before, so I don't know what the feeling is." Varan admitted as he removed his gaze from hers and stared off into the distance.
"Is that so? Well then what are you feeling?" Elin questioned as she listened to Varan's heartbeat, "What does your heart say?" She asked again. Varan was quiet for a few moments, he was thinking on how to answer this beautiful woman who rested her head on his chest.
"My heart is warm whenever I look at you." Varan said, placing his hand on top of hers, Elin smiled, grabbing Varan's hand and intertwining their fingers, "That is what love feels like, that is the same feeling in my chest. It shows that I love you with my heart, and not my flesh." Elin explained as she removed her hand from Varans and her head from his chest.
She sat up and moved to sit in Varan's lap, even though both of them where without clothing, "And since you feel the same, that means that you also love me with your heart, and not your flesh." Elin said before she connected her lips with Varans.
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It has been three days since that faithful morning, Varan has officially moved in with Elin, even though they weren't married, and Elin has been showing him what is means to have somebody to love. "My love, I noticed that you haven't gone out for any bounties. Why is that?" Elin asked as she was preparing a meal for the two.
"There has not been a need, I still have plenty of gold left from the other bounties and I have been with spending time with you, so I do not have a reason to go out." Varan explained as he watched Elin from his position in a chair.
"I see, I'm glad you enjoy my company." Elin smiled as she said that, although she heard many words of affection from her lover, it was still nice to hear him say such words. "I still think you need to go out, you never know when we will run out of gold." Elin said as she set down the knife she was holding and turned around to face Varan.
"Alright, I will head out to Dragonsreach and see if there are any bounties." Varan said as he got up from his seat and went to go equip his armour, all the while Elin was watching him with a small smile gracing her face.
A moment later Varan emerged wearing his armour with his greatsword strapped to his wide back, "I will be back either later today or in the next few days." Varan said as he made his way to the door, "Be careful my love, I'll be waiting for you." Elin said as she waved.
As Varan stepped out and closed the door behind him, his presence changed, returning to the cold, uncaring presence that was Varan Kynor.
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Varan stepped through the door of Dragonsreach to see Proventus standing there, "Ah Sir Kynor, I was waiting for you to return." Proventus said with a nervous smile as he approached the armoured man, Varan remained silent as he stared down at the steward.
"What do you need Proventus?" Varan's cold, muffled voice was something Proventus could never get used to, "The Jarl would like to meet with you." Proventus said after clearing his throat and glancing up at Varan's emotionless helmet. "Lead the way." Varan simply said.
Proventus nodded his head and turned around and started walking towards the throne where a man wearing fine cloths with long golden hair and a short, but growing, golden beard sat with his head resting on top his he left hand.
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Sorry for the shorter chapter, I promise the next few chapters will be longer, and I will be going on a two week hiatus due to exams, but I will upload at least five chapters at the end of the hiatus.